{"id":634074,"date":"2026-04-28T12:12:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634074\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T12:12:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T12:12:11","slug":"florida-state-qb-tommy-castellanos-earns-nfl-chance-but-it-requires-a-position-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/634074\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida State QB Tommy Castellanos earns NFL chance, but it requires a position change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tommy Castellanos is getting an NFL opportunity after a college career at Boston College and Florida State.<\/p>\n<p>It comes with a catch, though &#8212; the college QB will have to change positions.<\/p>\n<p>Castellanos has been invited to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Dolphins<\/a> rookie minicamp, where he will play wide receiver, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/LogansTwitty\/status\/2048438329465524627\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to Logan B. Robinson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The invite makes a lot of sense, because Castellanos previously played for current Dolphins head coach Jeff Hafley at BC.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Florida State QB Tommy Castellanos will also attend the Dolphins&#8217; rookie minicamp after getting an invite.<\/p>\n<p>Castellanos has ties with Jeff Hafley after playing for him in 2023 at Boston College. He became the first player in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/philadelphia-eagles\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Eagles<\/a>&#8216; history to throw for over 2,000 yards and rush\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Logan B. Robinson (@LogansTwitty) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LogansTwitty\/status\/2048438329465524627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">April 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>MORE:\u00a0<a target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/nfl\/news\/diego-pavia-shedeur-sanders-nfl-qb-problem-tim-tebow\/660f49e91c67c327bb1e69aa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Diego Pavia, Shedeur Sanders and an NFL QB problem that goes back to Tim Tebow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Castellanos actually began his college career at Central Florida but barely played, and so he transferred from UCF to Boston College, where he broke out.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, he threw for 2,248 yards and 15 touchdowns while running 215 times for 1,113 yards and 13 more TDs.<\/p>\n<p>His 2024 was shortened by injury, and he left BC after that season to head to Florida State.<\/p>\n<p>In 2025, Castellanos threw for 2,760 yards with 15 TDs and ran 137 times for 557 yards and nine more scores.<\/p>\n<p>He was interception-prone in his college career, and at just 5-foot-9, he didn&#8217;t project as an NFL QB.<\/p>\n<p>He ran a 4.62-second 40-yard dash at his Pro Day, which might not be as fast as he would&#8217;ve hoped for. He&#8217;ll have to use his quickness more than his outright speed to potentially earn further opportunity with the Dolphins.<\/p>\n<p>More NFL news:<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Tommy Castellanos is getting an NFL opportunity after a college career at Boston College and Florida State. It&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":634075,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-634074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=634074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/634074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/634075"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=634074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=634074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=634074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}